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From: Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Inherited Methods and such
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On 28 Wrz, 21:42, Robert A Duff <bobd...@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:

> Here's an example.  What do you think?

Perfect! I wasn't aware of the possibility to use return to achieve
this "progressive" construction process.
I knew this form of return, but not the gory details of how tags are
assigned.

> Do you revise your opinion that
> Ada doesn't properly support constructors?

Yes, this example is convincing.
How would you recommend using this pattern with controlled types?

I might need controlled for the finalization part - do you recommend
ignoring the Initialize operation in this case?

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Maciej Sobczak
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